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HUGHES v. KIA MOTORS CORP.

No. 13-10922.

766 F.3d 1317 (2014)

Patricia HUGHES, Mother and Administratrix of the Estate of Allene J. Hughes, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Kia Motors America, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 12, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mario Bernard Williams , Williams Oinonen, LLC, Eliza Poyner Bartleet , Betts & Associates, Edward T.M. Garland , David E. Tuszynski , Garland Samuel & Loeb, PC, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Andrew T. Bayman , Franklin P. Brannen, Jr. , Anneke Janette Shepard , King & Spalding, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT and WILSON, Circuit Judges, and BUCKLEW, District Judge.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

On May 2, 2005, Allene Hughes was involved in a vehicle collision with a Mack truck in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The collision sent her Kia Optima pinballing about, colliding with two parked cars, a fence, a tree, three metal posts supporting a carport awning, and a flag pole before ultimately coming to rest against a house. On May 3, Allene was declared dead from traumatic brain injury.

Patricia Hughes, Allene's mother and the administratrix...

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